THE BEST OF THE REVIEW — 4: IGNATIAN EXERCISES: CONTEMPORARY ANNOTATIONS

CONTENTS

Editor's Foreword

Introduction: Following Christ More Nearly: Discipleship in Ignatian Spirituality David L. Fleming SJ

Vision

The Ignatian Exercises and Jesuit Spirituality by Frederick E. Crowe SJ
Extremism in Ignatius of Loyola by Tad Dunne
Realism in Ignatius of Loyola by Tad Dunne
Spiritual Integration in Ignatius of Loyola by Tad Dunne

Conversion

Ignatian Exercises and Conversion by David L. Fleming SJ
Two Key Transitions in Spiritual Growth by John Wickham SJ

Examination

The Examination of Conscience by Peter G. Van Breemen SJ
Consciousness Examen: Becoming God's Heart for the World by George Aschenbrenner SJ

Attitude

The Ought of the Ignatian Quest by John P. Mossi SJ
Stirred to Profound Gratitude by Gerald M. Fagin SJ

Movement

The Development of Christian Identity through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius by Mary Lindstrom
The Spirituality of Surrender by John P. Mossi SJ
God's Human Face Revealed: A Retreat in Wales by Mary Corona FMDM

Prayer

Christian Zen-cum-Ignatian Meditation by Robert McCown SJ
Ignatian and Monastic Contemplation by Mary Wolff-Salin RSCJ
The Path of Contemplation by Geoffrey B. Williams SJ
The Path of Contemplation II by Geoffrey B. Williams SJ

Jesus

Jesus, the Human Face of God by Evelyn Jegen RC
An Ignatian Contemplation on the Baptism of Our Lord by Michael W. Cooper SJ
Ruminating on the Two Standards by Brian O'Leary SJ
Directing the Third Week by Joseph P. Cassidy

Discernment

Using Ignatian Discernment by Philip L. Boroughs SJ
Discernment and Decision Making by Brian O'Leary SJ
Communal Spiritual Consolation by John English SJ

Adaptation

The Dynamic of the Question in Search for God by John Navone SJ
Doing the Spiritual Exercises in Four Summers by Dominic Totaro SJ
Contemplative Imagination in Persons with Multiple Disabilities by Carol Ferrone
Finding Prayer in Action by John R. Welsh SJ

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In 1981 the first book in the series The Best of the Review was published with the title Notes on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. I was the compiler and editor of articles on the Ignatian Exercises which had been published in Review for Religious form the late 1960s up to the early 1980s. Father Daniel Meenan SJ, then editor of the journal, gave me strong encouragement in this endeavor. Both of us were surprised at the enthusiastic response to this kind of resource book. The demand has remained through a fourth printing.

Although volumes on religious life and spiritual direction have been published in the intervening years, I desired to return to the topic of the Spiritual Exercises and collect valuable articles which have been published in Review for Religious from the mid-1980s up to the mid-1990s. The result is the current volume.

I have used the expression "contemporary annotations" as part of the title. Annotations is an Ignatian expression for the helps which he intends for the one who gives the Exercises, that is, the person frequently referred to today as the retreat director. I envision this collection of articles to continue for our times the kind of help which Ignatius so pithily provided in his own text. I believe that the articles in the Notes on the Spiritual Exercises gave a basic understanding and insight into the Ignatian text. The articles collected in this volume tend to demand a familiarity with the text and with the movement of an Ignatian retreat. Perhaps they exhibit a sophistication of the Exercises.

As an introduction to this collection, I have written an original article which describes the foundational movement in our Christian lives and in the Ignatian Exercises --- our response to the call of Jesus to be with him. Sometimes the Exercises are presented with such an emphasis on decisions about particular vocations or choices about a way of life that we obscure the basic context of our desire to grow as disciples of Jesus, grounding any decision or choice. Probably most of the shorter Ignatian retreats enter us into some point along the movement of our growth as disciples. I hope to have highlighted some of those points of growth, whether within or outside of the Ignatian retreat.

Just as the original annotations of Ignatius take in a wide variety of topics, so the articles in this collection range in a similar way over vision, attitudes, examinations, movements, prayer, discernment, and adaptation. Just as Ignatius noted some helps that would extend beyond the immediate experience of the retreat, so too some articles here included certainly expand the topic beyond the retreat situation.

I hope that his collection of articles --- contemporary annotations for the Ignatian Exercises --- will provide a resource valued by both those who are involved in Ignatian retreats and those who desire to study about the Ignatian text.

I remain grateful to all the staff of Review for Religious who take on added responsibilities to their ordinary duties whenever we publish a book.

David L. Fleming SJ

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